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Harold Scott (other)
Harold Scott may refer to: * Harold Scott (police commissioner) (1887–1969), commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police from 1945 to 1953 * Harold Scott (actor) (1891–1964), British actor * Harold Scott (politician) (1894–1961), Canadian politician in Ontario * Harold Scott (cricketer) (1907–1997), English cricketer * Harold Scott (director) (1935–2006), American stage director and actor * Harold Seymore Scott, architect * Harold "Scotty" Scott, American vocalist with The Temprees The Temprees are an American soul vocal trio from Memphis, Tennessee, most popular during the 1970s. The band released several albums on We Produce Records, an offshoot of Stax Records. In 1972, the band performed in front of more than 100,000 fan ... See also * Harry Scott (other) {{hndis, Scott, Harold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Scott (police Commissioner)
Sir Harold Richard Scott (24 December 1887 – 19 October 1969) was Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police from 1945 to 1953. Scott was born in Banbury, Oxfordshire and brought up in Bruton, Somerset. He was educated at Sexey's School and later at Jesus College, Cambridge. In 1911, he joined the Home Office as a civil servant, where he worked in various capacities including Secretary to the Labour Resettlement Committee (1918–1919) and Chairman of the Prison Commission (England and Wales), Prison Commission (1932–1939). With the outbreak of the Second World War, Scott's work took on a more military capacity, as he joined London's Civil Defence Administration until he was appointed as Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Aircraft Production in 1943. In late 1944, the Home Secretary Herbert Morrison asked Scott to accept the post as Metropolitan Police Commissioner when the war was over. The appointment in 1945 caused a stir in pol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Scott (actor)
Harold Scott (21 April 1891 – 15 April 1964) was an English actor of stage and screen. His stage work ran from the 1910s to the 1960s, and included the original West End productions of '' The Constant Nymph'' (1926–1927), ''Grand Hotel'' (1931–1932), ''Waters of the Moon'' (1951–1953) and Agatha Christie's '' Spider's Web'' (1954–1956). Scott's television appearances included ''The Children of the New Forest'', ''ITV Television Playhouse'', ''BBC Sunday Night Theatre'', ''The New Adventures of Charlie Chan'', ''William Tell'', ''Armchair Theatre'', ''Maigret'', ''Dixon of Dock Green'', '' The Avengers'' and ''Martin Chuzzlewit''. Filmography * '' The Water Gipsies'' (1932) as Mr Bell * ''Discord'' (1933) as Harold * '' Return of a Stranger'' (1937) as Peters * '' Edward, My Son'' (1949) as Coppingham (uncredited) * ''Trottie True'' (1949) as Mr True * '' No Place for Jennifer'' (1950) as Man in underground * ''The Woman with No Name'' (1950) as Waiter * ''The 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Scott (politician)
Harold Robinson Scott (October 14, 1894 – October 9, 1961) was a Canadian politician who was a Member of Provincial Parliament in Legislative Assembly of Ontario The Legislative Assembly of Ontario (OLA, french: Assemblée législative de l'Ontario) is the legislative chamber of the Canadian province of Ontario. Its elected members are known as Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs). Bills passed by ... from 1943 to 1959. He represented the riding of Peterborough for the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party. He was born in Shawbridge, Quebec and was a lumberman. He died in 1961. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Harold 1894 births 1961 deaths Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario MPPs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Scott (cricketer)
Harold Eldon Scott (4 September 1907 – 29 January 1997) was an English cricketer active in 1937 who played for Sussex. He was born in Crowborough and died in Poole Poole () is a large coastal town and seaport in Dorset, on the south coast of England. The town is east of Dorchester and adjoins Bournemouth to the east. Since 1 April 2019, the local authority is Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Counc .... He appeared in four first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right-arm fast medium. He scored 48 runs with a highest score of 16 and took two wickets with a best performance of one for 21. Notes 1907 births 1997 deaths English cricketers Sussex cricketers British Army cricketers People from Crowborough {{england-cricket-bio-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Scott (director)
Harold Russell Scott Jr. (6 September 1935 – 16 July 2006) was an American stage director, actor and educator, who broke racial barriers in American theatre. Scott first became known for his work as an electrifying stage actor with a piercing voice, and later as an innovative director of numerous productions throughout the country, from Broadway to the Tony Award-winning regional theatre, the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, where he was the first African-American artistic director in the history of American regional theatre. Life and career Scott was born in Morristown, New Jersey. His mother was a housewife and his father, Harold Russell Scott Sr., was a general practitioner. Scott was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard. He had a career as a stage director on Broadway and Off Broadway, but began as an actor of note, performing in Jean Genet's ''The Blacks'' and an acclaimed production of the premiere of ''The Death of Bessie Smith'' by Edward Albee. Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Seymore Scott
Harold Seymore Scott ARIBA (5 October 1883–25 December 1945) was a noted architect best known for designing cinemas during the 1920s and 1930s. Scott was born in Birmingham in 1883, and he was to live and work here for the rest of his life. However, he designed cinema buildings across the United Kingdom. He married Doris Bailey (1890-1939) in 1910,Doris Scott, Census of England and Wales (1911) and with her had two sons: John Seymore Scott (1914-2012), and Harold Raymond Scott (1915-1991), both of whom, like their father, were architects. From 1911 to 1925 he was in partnership with Harold William Weedon, the two working together to design several high-quality cinemas in Warwickshire including the Birchfield Picturedrome in Birchfield, completed in 1913, and several upmarket houses in Warwickshire. Scott was an Associate member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. On his death in 1945 he left an estate valued at £156214 7s. 7. to his two sons, his wife hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Temprees
The Temprees are an American soul vocal trio from Memphis, Tennessee, most popular during the 1970s. The band released several albums on We Produce Records, an offshoot of Stax Records. In 1972, the band performed in front of more than 100,000 fans at the famous Wattstax festival in Los Angeles. History Originally formed as ''The Lovemen'', the trio—lead singer Jasper "Jabbo" Phillips, whose powerful falsetto featured on most of their recordings, Harold "Scotty" Scott and Deljuan "Del" Calvin—met in the mid-1960s, when they were in junior high school, along with Larry Dodson, future lead singer of The Bar-Kays. The group was first signed to Stax Records in 1970 by producer Josephine "Jo" Bridges on her 'We Produce' Stax subsidiary. Later, with the collapse of Stax, they moved briefly in 1976 to Epic Records, a subsidiary of CBS, for two singles. The band released three albums, ''Lovemen'', ''Love Maze'', and ''Temprees 3'' on We Produce, mainly produced by Bridges, Stax exec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
